Governors
Local Advisory Boards (LABs)
Local Advisory Boards are vitally important in ensuring the good governance of each academy and are constituted to provide local scrutiny and challenge for Head Teachers and Principals within the individual academies.
According to the NGA latest report here, the general trend in MATs is that the traditional local governing bodies are changing to local advisory boards as a result of the role of MAT Trustees. The functions of the local board are focused on the importance of monitoring educational standards and school life as well as community engagement and accountability to stakeholders. “A number of trusts are moving the local tier into a specific community or stakeholder engagement role. This is a valid move, as those at academy level often have a strong connection to their individual school and are part of the local community. As such, they volunteer at school level because they want to put something back into the community and help improve education for local children”, NGA June 2019
The LAB exercises the powers and responsibilities delegated to them by the Trust Board. Details of these powers and responsibilities are set out in the Scheme of Delegation and other key policies.
The proposed structure of the LAB is very similar to a traditional LGB and is detailed below:
|
Elected Parents |
Elected Staff |
Appointed by the Trust |
Headteacher or Head of School |
Total |
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
10
|
Contact our chair of the Local Advisory Board LABChair@atamacademy.com
Local Advisory Boards Structure
The following is the minimum number of governors appointed by the Trust on each LAB for the academies:
|
Governor Profiles |
Keys Skills and Experience |
|
A minimum of two educationalists, one of whom should have experience of SEND provision |
Qualified teacher and or SENDCO |
|
*A minimum of one local authority representative or person who works at the local or neighbouring authority |
Local councillor, LA employee, Professional role within a public body |
|
A minimum of two representatives from the local faith and or community organisations |
Representatives from the local Sikh and non-Sikh faith communities |
Chair of local advisory body
| Name | From | To |
| Kulvir Singh Sidhu | 09/04/2020 | 08/04/2021 |
Governors
| Name | From | To |
| Angelo Villaschi (Parent Governor) | 21/05/2020 | 20/05/2024 |
| Harprit Seehra (Parent Governor) | 21/05/2020 | 20/05/2024 |
| Jay Dhanjal (Staff Governor) | 21/05/2020 | 20/05/2024 |
| Navdeep Bansal (LA Governor*) | 09/04/2020 | 08/04/2024 |
| Sukhvinder Singh (Community Governor) | 09/04/2020 | 08/04/2024 |
Governor Attendance
Schools are obliged to publish details of governor attendance. Below you will find details of current governors’ attendance at meetings:
Atam Academy – Attendance Record
| KS | AV | HS | JD | NB | SS | ||
| 11/06/20 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 20/10/20 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |